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The streetcar will be just as successful as the blue line and the mayor never threatened anybody. That dramatic cow needs to grow up and stop with the childish remarks saying she's always been hard headed and asking her to do something once makes her want to say no even more...
People who don't understand his vision obviously have no clue nor idea what a modern streetcar is. I'm on my cell phone or else i'd have an entire story with pictures and data on why it would be tremendous for CLT
Streetcar will be mass, rapid transportation. In some areas it will have its own ROW, it will have censors to be times to hit green lights, it can have its own lane... YOu guys wouldn't even know the difference between the Blue Line and the streetcar...
If you're against the streetcar, you're against the Lynx Blue Line. The blue Line wouldn't go any faster than the streetcar could on the route anyway! how fast is Lynx from say 7th street station to Bland Street station? No faster than the streetcar would...
The route is going through Neighborhoods... Blue line would go the same speed regardless if it had complete ROW or not... It wouldn't go that fast...
Why spend Millions of dollars more when they would do the SAME thing? Same speed, ability to have the same capacity, same frequency, same convenience, etc?
And I'm disgusted people would belittle the mayor to the Observer with their nonsense about him threatening peoPle...
I really don't get his vision and persistence for a streetcar.
It's rediculous. If the goal is public transportation, there are a million better ways to implemented. They could increase the bus service, speed up progress on Lynx, etc. This seems more like just a way to show off.
.What does the Mayor say is the potential benefits? Are there any?
$35M + $119M + $400M+ = $550M for a transit line that will employ vehicles that carry 54 people if they stand. It's something that a lunatic during a full moon would come up with.
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(frewroad bonus editorial comment: by the way the Obama Administration supports legislation to remove the word "lunatic" from our language. I kid you not. This is what they worry about as the center collapses. )
.... It might also have zapped light rail expansion. ....
Changes to the light rail expansion plan would involve more than the Charlotte city mayor and council since the local portion is a county tax, not a city tax.
Changes to the light rail expansion plan would involve more than the Charlotte city mayor and council since the local portion is a county tax, not a city tax.
OK it isn't the extension that is curtailed, it looks like station access improvements. Probably won't even hit the news.
Charlotte485, I am not sure you fully understand how poorly this street car will be designed. Just look at the section already in place. It is a traffic bottleneck and cannot possibly move faster than the Lynx. The Lynx only minimally disrupts traffic as it is. My opinion is that a test run should be conducted using the Gold Rush cars on the proposed route and schedule to see how this will all pan out. If it is honestly assessed, the idea will most likely be scrapped because it won't work as well as Foxx hopes.
If anyone believes the opposition is because black people will be served, get real. Most people oppose it because it will be costly to start with and will most likely cost far more than projected. $119,000,000 will be the start of a project which will probably cost double that or whatever the current projected amount is. And with the proposed increase in property tax to pay for it, I am firmly opposed.
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for a transit line that will employ vehicles that carry 54 people if they stand. It's something that a lunatic during a full moon would come up with.
